Compassion Quotes and Sayings Page 2

"Let's choose each day and every day to keep an attitude of faith
and joy and belief and compassion."
Charles Swindoll
Faith |

"Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul:
where there is compassion even the most poisonous
impulses remain relatively harmless."
Eric Hoffer
Inspirational Quotes |

"The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can
criticize.
It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater burden can be borne
by an individual than to know no one cares or understands."
Arthur H. Stainback Believe |

Discipline from a heart of compassion corrects the child.
Derek Townsend, For The Love Of Truth: Possessing Your Eternal Life
Motivation |

. . . Michelle and I learned that sin was both personal and systemic, and everyone, no matter race and color, mattered equally to God. It was out of that commitment we began to reach out with compassion to the people in our new city.
Tim Orr, We Named Her Faith: How We Became a Gospel-Centered Family
Commitment |

Though his ministry is one of compassion, Jesus is an agitator.
His presence is polarizing, forcing people to take sides; there
is no fence-sitting.
Daniel Hochhalter, Losers Like Us: Redefining Discipleship after Epic
Failure
Choices |

"Develop compassion for someone who hurt you rather showing
bitterness that will enable
you to forgive them and make you feel comfortable."
Lisa Adams, Spirituality - Peace Of Mind
Anger |

"Grace is filled with love and compassion, but it also filled with power
and the will of God."
Gary Schulz, The Power of God's Grace
Gods Grace Quotes |

"A relationship has several foundational core elements that, if absent,
are a recipe for divorce, or extreme sadness
and conflict in your relationship. Foundational elements include trust,
honesty, mutual respect, empathy, and compassion."
Laura Raskin, Marriage: How To Rescue Your Marriage
Trust |

"To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike."
Horace MannGod |

"You know the power of compassion. You have encountered moments
when your walls of defense and resistance crumbled and profound compassion
emerged,
and your heart has been comforted and altered by the compassion, tenderness,
and forgiveness you have received from others."
Christina Feldman, Compassion: Listening to the Cries of the World
Experience |

"The individual is capable of both great compassion and
great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former
and outgrow the latter."
Norman Cousins Always Care |

"Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people
because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy."
Chogyam Trungpa Meaning of Wealth |

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind."
Henry JamesKindness |

"When we come into contact with the other person,
our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion,
even if that person says and does things that are not easy to accept.
We practice in this way until we see clearly that our love is not
contingent upon the other person being lovable."
Thich Nhat Hanh Action |

"No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only
in proportion as we lose that youthful heart that we lose the
inner warmth in ourselves."
Lin YutangChildren |

"Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things,
man will not himself find peace."
Albert SchweitzerPeace |

"Building on all of the deep resources of empathy and compassion that
seemed so richly and naturally a part of his life, (Martin Luther King Jr) King appeared determined
not only to pay
attention but to insist that his organization and his nation focus themselves
and their resources on dozens of poor, exploited black
communities - and especially their
desperate young men, whose broken lives were crying out for
new, humane possibilities in the midst of the wealthiest nation in the world.
I hear him preaching at his Ebenezer Church in
Atlanta: 'I choose to identify with the underprivileged. I choose to identify
with the poor. I choose to give my life for the hungry…. This is the way I'm
going. If it means suffering a little bit, I'm going that way. If it means sacrificing,
I'm going that way. If it means dying for them, I'm going that way,
because I heard a voice say, 'Do something for others.'"
Vincent Harding, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
Martin Luther King Jr Quotes |

"I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose,
human liberty as the source of national action,
the human heart as the source of national compassion,
and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas."
John F. Kennedy Purpose |

"Jesus was driven by tenderness and compassion to deal forthrightly and
convincingly with any issue that might have separated His loved ones from
Him."
Keith Intrater, Covenant Relationships: A More Excellent Way
Love |

"If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ,
if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any
tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by
being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose."
Gregory Brown, Philippians: Pursuing Spiritual Maturity
Words of Encouragement |

"Sometimes in bereavement a friend will come and just sit with you,
not necessarily saying anything at all. The simple act of being there
conveys love and compassion and a willingness to help."
Margaret Weston, How Do I Know God? Grief |

"When we feel charity and compassion for others, then we know the Savior."
Lindsey K. Rietzsch, You Were Meant to Prosper: Creating the Life
You Desire through Partnership with God
Helping Others |

"A person with much compassion is likely to be more favorable to another
than a human being with little or no sympathy."
Jimi Akanbi, The Power of Grace, Favor and Honor
Sympathy |

"Compassion, on the other hand, can be the lifeline someone needs
to find his or her way through the darkness."
Eleze "Lisa"Thomas-McMillan, Living Fulfilled...The Infectious Joy Of Serving Others
Life |

"If we could only see the other person with the eyes of God, if we could
only look at them with the full love and compassion of Jesus Christ flowing
through our hearts it would become impossible for us to withhold forgiveness
from them, no matter what wrong they had committed against us."
Paula Casill, My Brother's Keeper: Redefining Relationships in the Body of Christ
Forgiveness |

"Jesus is compassion and while compassion is not a part of our worldly
nature, it is a skill passed on to us through the Holy Spirit."
Mark S. Taylor, After These Things: How Jesus Reveals the Simple Path
to Discipleship
Who Shall We Help |

"People like real and authentic Christians. They want to know that you
have been broken and have compassion."
June Dawn Knight, Testimony of a Broken Bride
The Purpose Of Life |

"We have to love our neighbours, and to do good to all. Our actions are
to be geared towards people, not structures; relieving needs, not removing
causes; showing compassion, not pushing for reform."
Brian Johnston, Exploring Issues of Life
Good |

As Abraham became a teenager, he began to distance himself from his father.
His sense of alienation may
have originated at the time of his mother's death, when he needed
more support and compassion than his stolid father was able to give."
David Herbert Donald, Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Quotes |

"There is no greater news that anyone could share. The fact that the God
of the universe looked at us with compassion and lovingly chose to intervene
into the mess we had created is utterly amazing."
John Stange, Overcoming Negative Self-Talk: with the truth of the Gospel
Sharing |